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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 9 - 13, 2014

(9) Philip Gabathuler/Mirco Gerson, Switzerland

Philip Gabathuler
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 24, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

124

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$178,350.00

Mirco Gerson
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 29, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belp

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Qinzhou 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$159,856.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	33	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	10	8	4	3	US$162,600.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Michael Waelchli - Country Quota	Did not play
2004	David Wenger - 57th	Did not play
2006	David Wenger - 41st	Did not play
2007	David Wenger - 33rd	Did not play
2008	David Wenger - 9th	Did not play
2009	Jan Schnider - 25th	Did not play
2010	Jan Schnider - 9th	Did not play
2011	Jan Schnider - 33rd	Did not play
2012	Mirco Gerson - 25th	Philip Gabathuler - 25th
2013	Jonas Weingart - 17th	Alexei Strasser - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	29, Q10	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	32, Q15	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	28, Q7	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	6	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	6	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q10	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	17	17th	180	US$1,200.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/10/2014	Pool H	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (24)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 10-15	0:50
Thu, 7/10/2014	Pool H	Alex Ranghieri / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (25)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
Fri, 7/11/2014	Pool H	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (8)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:41
Fri, 7/11/2014	Winner 1	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (21)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:33

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	5	6	0	$136,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	$15,600.00
Total	33	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	10	8	0	$162,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Philip Gabathuler												Mirco Gerson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$15,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
52	0	0	1	0	0	8	11	13	0	$104,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	0	0	1	0	1	6	6	10	0	$92,625.00
52	0	0	1	0	1	10	12	9	0	$49,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	1	0	1	8	13	7	0	$41,450.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	$12,500.00
5	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$3,775.00	Challenger
10	0	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	$4,925.00	Satellite
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
124	0	3	3	3	5	21	25	22	0	$178,350.00	Total	87	1	2	4	1	4	18	25	17	0	$159,575.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$7,000.00	2	5	28.6 %
2014	FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	$62,400.00	20	20	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1	$69,400.00	22	25	46.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Philip Gabathuler													Mirco Gerson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	2004	FIVB C&S
7	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$3,200.00	2005	FIVB C&S
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	$2,250.00	2006	FIVB
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2006	FIVB C&S
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$5,900.00	2007	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	1	$15,950.00	2008	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00	2008	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	$19,475.00	2009	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	5	$13,000.00	2010	FIVB
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	5	$13,725.00	2011	FIVB
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$3,500.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$5,250.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	$18,050.00	2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,525.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	1	1	$31,200.00	2014	FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	1	1	$31,200.00
101	0	3	3	3	5	16	18	17	36	$131,750.00	Total	Total	20	0	1	2	0	1	2	5	5	4	$38,975.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	31	57.4%	9	16.7%	14	25.9%	40-14	74.1%	12	17.6%	14	20.6%	42	61.8%	12-56	17.6%	31-42	42.5%	21-28	42.9%	4	3	56-73	43.4%
2013-2014	15	62.5%	3	12.5%	6	25.0%	18-6	75.0%	6	22.2%	3	11.1%	18	66.7%	6-21	22.2%	15-18	45.5%	9-9	50.0%	3	1	27-28	49.1%
Against the Field	10	41.7%	3	12.5%	11	45.8%	13-11	54.2%	8	19.5%	6	14.6%	27	65.9%	8-33	19.5%	20-48	29.4%	22-34	39.3%	2	1	23-42	35.4%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	9	6	16	32	0	0	6	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	33	48
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	12	15	0	0	3	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	20	23
Total	1	0	13	7	30	48	0	0	10	16	0	2	2	0	0	0	56	73

Head to Head Results
Gabathuler/Gerson trail the series against the field 14-15 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
6/29/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	21-14, 21-9	0:30
Trail the series against # 2 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Gabathuler/Gerson	28, Q7	21-11, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 4, Q1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Cerutti/Schmidt	4	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # 6 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Fijalek/Prudel	13	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Gavira/Herrera	12	21-19, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Filho/Santos	8	Gabathuler/Gerson	9	21-17, 21-19	0:41
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Filho/Santos	1	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 10 Chevallier/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
6/1/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Bronze Medal	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Chevallier/Strasser	3	16-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 11 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Felipe/Goncalves	12	Gabathuler/Gerson	28, Q7	13-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:52
Trail the series against # 12 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Erdmann/Matysik	1	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 14 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	15-21, 21-19, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 18 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	21	Gabathuler/Gerson	28, Q7	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 20 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-1
6/29/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	26, Q4	28-30, 21-19, 15-9	1:01
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	13	Gabathuler/Gerson	29	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 21 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	21	Gabathuler/Gerson	9	21-14, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 24 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-2
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Doppler/Horst	24	Gabathuler/Gerson	9	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:50
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Doppler/Horst	20	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	21-19, 21-23, 15-12	0:52
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	Doppler/Horst	16	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Series tied with # 25 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 1-1
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Gabathuler/Gerson	9	Ranghieri/Tomatis	25	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Ranghieri/Tomatis	17	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	Huber/Seidl	Q2	21-14, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Ontiveros/Virgen	Q7	21-18, 22-20	0:36
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
6/11/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	28, Q7	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q10	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 32 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 0-1
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # Q10 Santos/Santos Pereira, Qatar 0-1
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Santos/Santos Pereira	32	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q13 Hadrava/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	Hadrava/Kubala	31, Q13	21-19, 21-8	0:29
Lead the series against # Q15 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 3	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Garcia/Marco	4	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # Q23 Berta/Kissling, Switzerland 1-0
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Berta/Kissling	Q23	21-17, 21-13	0:36